#bowpose #dhandurasana #istanbulyoga #yogateacher #rumelikalesi
”The Ramayana tells that long ago, Lord Shiva gave his celestial bow to King Janaka. This bow was so heavy and so powerful that no mortal could lift it—except, Janaka discovered, for his little daughter Sita. One day the ball she was playing with rolled behind Shiva's bow. Astonished, Janaka watched his tiny scrap of a girlchild lightly move the enormous celestial bow out of her way to retrieve her toy. That gave him an idea. When Sita was old enough to choose a husband, Janaka decided to hold an archery contest for her swayamvara—the process by which a princess of marriageable age would select a husband from a list of candidates. (Swayam in Sanskrit means “self,” vara means “groom.”) Scores of kings and warriors attended, but no one could even move the bow, let alone string it—except for Rama, whose destiny it was to both wield the bow and to marry Sita. (And who, by the way, had already fallen in love at first sight with Sita, and she with him, so there was really no question of his losing the contest.) Rama not only picked up the bow and strung it, he drew the string with such force that he broke the shaft. And so, through Shiva's bow, Sita became Rama's queen, and when their sons were born, it was Sita who taught them to shoot.
Sita, shows her own spiritual power through her ability to handle Shiva's bow; this power makes her Rama's ideal consort, and, eventually, a teacher in her own right.” https://yogainternational.com/article/view/the-mythology-behind-akarna-dhanurasana-shooting-bow-pose @yoga_international #yoga #meditation #love #workout #motivation #yogi #health #yogalife #fit #namaste #yogainspiration #pilates #yogaeverydamnday #mindfulness #nature #fitnessmotivation #yogagirl #art #training #instagood #yogalove #crossfit #healthy #bhfyp

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Pretty excited to show you all these scarves! How beautiful!

2018-11-15 12:37
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Did you ready for the FIRST SNOW STORM ❄️ ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️🍂❄️❄️HAND KNITTED ALPACA HATS ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

2018-07-17 21:02
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One of my favorite places to visit in Colorado is Echo Lake. This place is absolutely breathtaking. I remember waking up super early, driving with my brother and finding no one here at the lake. Those are the best times cause then you don’t have to worry about cropping people out of the picture.

2018-07-07 16:49
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A misty morning in the Rocky Mountains.

2018-07-04 17:23
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Happy birthday 🇺🇸!

2018-06-21 23:35
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Happy first day of summer!!! Don’t forget to go outside and explore!

2018-06-18 02:08
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“Nature is a mirror,
not a window I look in,
not through and probably see more than you do because the more I stare
the more aware I am of a world outside of this,
a world I’ve learned to miss,
reflection of a Kingdom
where the forrest is His fortress,
the mountains are the height of His mercy,
the water is His crown of wild beauty,
and the ground is a portrait of His glory.”
🖋: @sophiebrockell
📷: @mwlangford

2018-06-08 18:13
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I'm officially obsessed with taking pictures of ferns.

2018-05-28 01:14
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A splash into summer.

2018-05-21 18:13
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Drifting at sea.

2018-05-17 16:48
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He’s probably thinking about food... me too!

2018-05-08 21:07
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One of the reasons that I got into taking pictures of ferns was because of this dude (@fursty)! Thanks for all the inspirations! Also happy early birthday dude!!!!